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 ONC pubs Common Agreement v2.0, with regs for FHIR exchange
Healthcare IT news - (Tuesday April 23, 2024) The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and the Sequoia Project on Monday announced the launch of Common Agreement Version 2.0, an update to the document most recently released this past November.ONC…  Take these steps to reduce unproductive charting for nurses, says KLAS
Healthcare IT news - (Monday April 22, 2024) Nurses report increased stress levels, and they have said a major contributor to burnout is unproductive charting – a burden that the KLAS Arch Collaborative says hospitals and health systems are able to help… |
 AccessHope Secures $33M to Expand Cancer Care Expertise
HIT Consultant - (Monday April 22, 2024) What You Should Know: – AccessHope, a company revolutionizing how cancer patients receive cutting-edge treatment plans secures $33M in a Series B funding round led by City of Hope, a prominent cancer research and treatment…  ShiftMed acquires CareerStaff Unlimited to bolster nursing platform
MobiHealthNews - (Monday April 22, 2024) Staffing and workforce management company ShiftMed has acquired workforce solutions managed service provider CareerStaff Unlimited in a deal with postacute care provider Genesis HealthCare. As part of the seven-year agreement, ShiftMed will provide services to… |
 How Hospitals Share Healthcare Data Can Cost Lives
HIT Consultant - (Monday April 22, 2024) Dan Torrens, CEO of eHealth Technologies Patient data interoperability sounds like industry jargon, but it’s a vital piece of providing timely and accurate patient care. Since 1996, when the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act…  Machine learning approach predicts heart failure outcome risk
Health IT Analytics - (Monday April 22, 2024) By Shania Kennedy April 22, 2024 – Researchers from the University of Virginia (UVA) have developed a machine learning tool designed to assess and predict adverse outcome risks for patients with advanced heart failure with reduced… |
 Value-based care strategy company Lumeris secures $100M
MobiHealthNews - (Monday April 22, 2024) Lumeris, a value-based care strategy, technology and operations company, announced it secured $100 million in an equity capital raise led by Deerfield Management. Endeavor Health joined as a new investor, and BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners,…  ONC Releases Common Agreement V2.0, Paving the Way for TEFCA Exchange via FHIR
HIT Consultant - (Monday April 22, 2024) What You Should Know: – The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), along with The Sequoia Project, Inc., a Recognized Coordinating Entity (RCE), has released Common Agreement Version 2.0 (CA v2.0). What… |
 ShiftMed Acquires CareerStaff Unlimited to Expand On-Demand Nursing Platform
HIT Consultant - (Monday April 22, 2024) What You Should Know: – ShiftMed, a leader in on-demand healthcare workforce technology acquires CareerStaff Unlimited from Genesis HealthCare, a national post-acute care provider. – The strategic acquisition strengthens ShiftMed’s position as the industry’s first platform…  New codes from the AMA could mean more RPM reimbursement by 2025
Healthcare IT news - (Monday April 22, 2024) Today, most remote patient monitoring services are billed under four Current Procedural Terminology codes. These codes can be split into two categories to help understand their uses. There are two RPM device monitoring codes… |